A branch of the living world.
110,000 accepted animal species, linked through classification, synonyms, distributions and source literature.
These attributed records come from Catalogue of Life, 2026-09-11. Detail varies; they are not all fully researched, illustrated articles. Browse researched folklore and fiction.
Matches documented source distribution records. Geographic coverage is incomplete.
Family: Laridae · Clear filter
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| American Herring GullLarus smithsonianus Coues, 1862 | LaridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Vega GullLarus vegae Palmén, 1887 | LaridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Laughing GullLeucophaeus atricilla (Linnaeus, 1758) | LaridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Lava GullLeucophaeus fuliginosus (Gould, 1841) | LaridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Aleutian TernOnychoprion aleuticus (S. F. Baird, 1869) | LaridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Bridled TernOnychoprion anaethetus (Scopoli, 1786) | LaridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Gray-backed TernOnychoprion lunatus (Peale, 1848) | LaridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Ivory GullPagophila eburnea (Phipps, 1774) | LaridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Large-billed TernPhaetusa simplex (J. F. Gmelin, 1789) | LaridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Ross's GullRhodostethia rosea (W. MacGillivray, 1824) | LaridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Black-legged KittiwakeRissa tridactyla (Linnaeus, 1758) | LaridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Black-bellied TernSterna acuticauda J. E. Gray, 1831 | LaridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Roseate TernSterna dougallii Montagu, 1813 | LaridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| South American TernSterna hirundinacea R. Lesson, 1831 | LaridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Arctic TernSterna paradisaea Pontoppidan, 1763 | LaridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Little TernSternula albifrons (Pallas, 1764) | LaridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Least TernSternula antillarum R. Lesson, 1847 | LaridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Damara TernSternula balaenarum Strickland, 1853 | LaridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Peruvian TernSternula lorata (Philippi & Landbeck, 1861) | LaridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Australian Fairy TernSternula nereis Gould, 1843 | LaridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Saunders's TernSternula saundersi (Hume, 1877) | LaridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Yellow-billed TernSternula superciliaris (Vieillot, 1819) | LaridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Cabot's TernThalasseus acuflavidus (S. Cabot, 1847) | LaridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| West African Crested TernThalasseus albididorsalis (E. Hartert, 1921) | LaridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Great Crested TernThalasseus bergii (M. H. K. Lichtenstein, 1823) | LaridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Sabine's GullXema sabini (Sabine, 1819) | LaridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Source and selection
Bánki, O., Roskov, Y., Döring, M., Ower, G., Hernández Robles, D. R., Plata Corredor, C. A., Stjernegaard Jeppesen, T., Örn, A., Pape, T., Hobern, D., Garnett, S., Little, H., DeWalt, R. E., Miller, J., Orrell, T., Aalbu, R., Abbott, J., Aedo, C., Aescht, E., et al. (2026). Catalogue of Life (Version 2026-09-11). Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgz5n
First records in source order under phylum quotas, then source-order overflow if a quota is short. This is a selective snapshot. Source name strings can include author names, which are also searchable.